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Tully Mars · 12-27-2010, 01:59 AM

On Dec. 27, 1979, Soviet forces seized control of Afghanistan. President Hafizullah Amin, who was overthrown and executed, was replaced by Babrak Karmal.

uncle phil · 12-27-2010, 04:20 AM

Also on December 27, 1971, the "Sonny & Cher Show" began airing on CBS. The show ran for four 1/2 years...

Tully Mars · 12-28-2010, 02:14 AM

On Dec. 28, 1981, Elizabeth Jordan Carr, the first American test-tube baby, was born in Norfolk, Va.

uncle phil · 12-28-2010, 04:49 AM

Also on December 28, 1975, twenty-five year old David Gelfer pointed a .44 magnum at Ted Nugent and was then brought down to the ground by members of the audience and security guards. Gelfer was charged with "intimidating with a weapon.''"

uncle phil · 12-29-2010, 03:38 AM

On December 29, 1957, Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme were married, and on December 29, 1975, Paul Kantner and Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane were divorced...

Tully Mars · 12-30-2010, 02:57 AM

On Dec. 30, 1972, the United States halted its heavy bombing of North Vietnam.

uncle phil · 12-30-2010, 03:15 AM

Also on December 30, 1970, Paul McCartney sued the other three Beatles to dissolve the partnership and gain control of his interest...

uncle phil · 12-31-2010, 02:46 AM

On December 31, 1970, Paul McCartney filed a suit to dissolve the Beatles; on December 31, 1971, the Beatles broke up...

Tully Mars · 12-31-2010, 03:08 AM

Also on Dec. 31, 1946, President Harry S. Truman officially proclaimed the end of hostilities in World War II.

uncle phil · 01-01-2011, 02:39 AM

January 1 marks the two-year anniversary of the bizarre incident at the ritzy Vail resort in Colorado that left a man hanging upside down from a chairlift. The unfortunate (and unidentified) gent, 48 at the time, is seen below in a photo snapped by another skier near Vail's Skyline Express lift...

Tully Mars · 01-01-2011, 01:11 PM

Also on Jan. 1, 1959, Fidel Castro led Cuban revolutionaries to victory over Fulgencio Batista.

uncle phil · 01-02-2011, 03:13 AM

On January 2, 1859, Erastus Beadle published "The Dime Book of Practical Etiquette..."

uncle phil · 01-03-2011, 03:03 AM

On January 3, 1825, the first engineering college in the U.S. , Rensselaer School, opened in Troy, NY. It is now known as Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute...

uncle phil · 01-04-2011, 03:19 AM

On January 4, 1884, the socialist Fabian Society was founded in London...

Tully Mars · 01-04-2011, 05:41 AM

Also on 4 Jan, 1896- Utah was admitted to the Union as the 45th state.

uncle phil · 01-05-2011, 03:20 AM

On January 5, 1885, the Long Island Railroad Company became the first to offer piggy-back rail service which was the transportation of farm wagons on trains..

Tully Mars · 01-05-2011, 05:15 AM

Also on Jan. 5, 1914, Henry Ford, head of the Ford Motor Company, introduced a minimum wage scale of $5 per day.

uncle phil · 01-06-2011, 03:21 AM

On January 6, 1205, Philip of Swabia was crowned as King of the Romans...

Tully Mars · 01-06-2011, 05:34 AM

Also on Jan. 6, 1919, the 26th president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt, died in Oyster Bay, N.Y., at age 60

uncle phil · 01-07-2011, 03:21 AM

On January 7, 1782, the Bank of North America opened in Philadelphia. It was the first commercial bank in the United States...

Tully Mars · 01-07-2011, 05:19 AM

Also on Jan. 7, 1979, Vietnamese forces captured the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, overthrowing the Khmer Rouge government.

uncle phil · 01-08-2011, 02:48 AM

On January 8, 1815, he Battle of New Orleans began. The War of 1812 had officially ended on December 24, 1814, with the signing of the Treaty of Ghent. The news of the signing had not reached British troops in time to prevent their attack on New Orleans...

Tully Mars · 01-08-2011, 03:45 AM

Also on Jan. 8, 1918, President Woodrow Wilson outlined his 14 points for peace after World War I.

uncle phil · 01-09-2011, 03:14 AM

On January 9, 1902, New York State introduced a bill to outlaw flirting in public...

Tully Mars · 01-09-2011, 04:50 AM

Also on Jan. 9, 1968, the Surveyor 7 space probe made a soft landing on the moon, marking the end of the American series of unmanned explorations of the lunar surface.

Tully Mars · 01-10-2011, 02:57 AM

On Jan. 10, 1946, the first General Assembly of the United Nations convened in London.

uncle phil · 01-10-2011, 03:00 AM

Also on January 10, 1901, oil was discovered at the Spindletop oil field near Beaumont, TX...

uncle phil · 01-11-2011, 03:15 AM

On January 11, 1861, Alabama seceded from the United States...

Tully Mars · 01-11-2011, 04:10 AM

Also on Jan. 11, 1935, aviator Amelia Earhart began a trip from Honolulu to Oakland, Calif., becoming the first woman to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean.

Tully Mars · 01-12-2011, 02:46 AM

On Jan. 12, 1915, the United States House of Representatives rejected a proposal to give women the right to vote.

And at some later date the vote was given to women... which was smart?

uncle phil · 01-12-2011, 03:19 AM

On that very same day, the U.S. Congress established the Rocky Mountain National Park...

uncle phil · 01-13-2011, 03:26 AM

On January 13, 1854, Anthony Faas of Philadelphia, PA, patented the accordion..

Tully Mars · 01-13-2011, 06:32 AM

Also on Jan. 13, 1990, Douglas Wilder of Virginia became the nation's first elected black governor as he took the oath of office in Richmond

Tully Mars · 01-14-2011, 03:00 AM

On Jan. 14, 1943, President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill opened a wartime conference in Casablanca.

uncle phil · 01-14-2011, 03:13 AM

On that same date in 1943, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first U.S. President to fly in an airplane while in office. He flew from Miami, FL, to French Morocco where he met with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to discuss World War II (see above...)

uncle phil · 01-15-2011, 02:43 AM

On January 15, 1624, many riots occurred in Mexico when it was announced that all churches were to be closed...

Tully Mars · 01-15-2011, 04:37 AM

Also on Jan. 15, 1967, the first Super Bowl was played as the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League defeated the Kansas City Chiefs of the American Football League, 35-10

uncle phil · 01-16-2011, 03:07 AM

On January 16, 1961, Mickey Mantle signed a contract that made him the highest paid baseball player in the American League at $75,000 for the 1961 season...

uncle phil · 01-17-2011, 02:49 AM

On January 17, 1795. the Dudingston Curling Society was organized in Edinburgh, Scotland...

Tully Mars · 01-17-2011, 02:56 AM

Also on Jan 17, 1950, 11 men steal more than $2 million from the Brinks Armored Car depot in Boston, Massachusetts.

12-27-2010, 01:59 AM	#2281 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	On Dec. 27, 1979, Soviet forces seized control of Afghanistan. President Hafizullah Amin, who was overthrown and executed, was replaced by Babrak Karmal. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

12-27-2010, 04:20 AM	#2282 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Also on December 27, 1971, the "Sonny & Cher Show" began airing on CBS. The show ran for four 1/2 years... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

12-28-2010, 02:14 AM	#2283 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	On Dec. 28, 1981, Elizabeth Jordan Carr, the first American test-tube baby, was born in Norfolk, Va. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

12-28-2010, 04:49 AM	#2284 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Also on December 28, 1975, twenty-five year old David Gelfer pointed a .44 magnum at Ted Nugent and was then brought down to the ground by members of the audience and security guards. Gelfer was charged with "intimidating with a weapon.''" __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

12-29-2010, 03:38 AM	#2285 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On December 29, 1957, Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme were married, and on December 29, 1975, Paul Kantner and Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane were divorced... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

12-30-2010, 02:57 AM	#2286 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	On Dec. 30, 1972, the United States halted its heavy bombing of North Vietnam. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

12-30-2010, 03:15 AM	#2287 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Also on December 30, 1970, Paul McCartney sued the other three Beatles to dissolve the partnership and gain control of his interest... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

12-31-2010, 02:46 AM	#2288 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On December 31, 1970, Paul McCartney filed a suit to dissolve the Beatles; on December 31, 1971, the Beatles broke up... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

12-31-2010, 03:08 AM	#2289 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	Also on Dec. 31, 1946, President Harry S. Truman officially proclaimed the end of hostilities in World War II. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

01-01-2011, 02:39 AM	#2290 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	January 1 marks the two-year anniversary of the bizarre incident at the ritzy Vail resort in Colorado that left a man hanging upside down from a chairlift. The unfortunate (and unidentified) gent, 48 at the time, is seen below in a photo snapped by another skier near Vail's Skyline Express lift... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

01-01-2011, 01:11 PM	#2291 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	Also on Jan. 1, 1959, Fidel Castro led Cuban revolutionaries to victory over Fulgencio Batista. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

01-02-2011, 03:13 AM	#2292 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On January 2, 1859, Erastus Beadle published "The Dime Book of Practical Etiquette..." __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

01-03-2011, 03:03 AM	#2293 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On January 3, 1825, the first engineering college in the U.S. , Rensselaer School, opened in Troy, NY. It is now known as Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

01-04-2011, 03:19 AM	#2294 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On January 4, 1884, the socialist Fabian Society was founded in London... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

01-04-2011, 05:41 AM	#2295 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	Also on 4 Jan, 1896- Utah was admitted to the Union as the 45th state. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

01-05-2011, 03:20 AM	#2296 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On January 5, 1885, the Long Island Railroad Company became the first to offer piggy-back rail service which was the transportation of farm wagons on trains.. __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

01-05-2011, 05:15 AM	#2297 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	Also on Jan. 5, 1914, Henry Ford, head of the Ford Motor Company, introduced a minimum wage scale of $5 per day. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

01-06-2011, 03:21 AM	#2298 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On January 6, 1205, Philip of Swabia was crowned as King of the Romans... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

01-06-2011, 05:34 AM	#2299 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	Also on Jan. 6, 1919, the 26th president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt, died in Oyster Bay, N.Y., at age 60 __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

01-07-2011, 03:21 AM	#2300 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On January 7, 1782, the Bank of North America opened in Philadelphia. It was the first commercial bank in the United States... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

01-07-2011, 05:19 AM	#2301 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	Also on Jan. 7, 1979, Vietnamese forces captured the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, overthrowing the Khmer Rouge government. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

01-08-2011, 02:48 AM	#2302 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On January 8, 1815, he Battle of New Orleans began. The War of 1812 had officially ended on December 24, 1814, with the signing of the Treaty of Ghent. The news of the signing had not reached British troops in time to prevent their attack on New Orleans... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

01-08-2011, 03:45 AM	#2303 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	Also on Jan. 8, 1918, President Woodrow Wilson outlined his 14 points for peace after World War I. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

01-09-2011, 03:14 AM	#2304 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On January 9, 1902, New York State introduced a bill to outlaw flirting in public... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

01-09-2011, 04:50 AM	#2305 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	Also on Jan. 9, 1968, the Surveyor 7 space probe made a soft landing on the moon, marking the end of the American series of unmanned explorations of the lunar surface. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

01-10-2011, 02:57 AM	#2306 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	On Jan. 10, 1946, the first General Assembly of the United Nations convened in London. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

01-10-2011, 03:00 AM	#2307 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Also on January 10, 1901, oil was discovered at the Spindletop oil field near Beaumont, TX... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

01-11-2011, 03:15 AM	#2308 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On January 11, 1861, Alabama seceded from the United States... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

01-11-2011, 04:10 AM	#2309 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	Also on Jan. 11, 1935, aviator Amelia Earhart began a trip from Honolulu to Oakland, Calif., becoming the first woman to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

01-12-2011, 02:46 AM	#2310 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	On Jan. 12, 1915, the United States House of Representatives rejected a proposal to give women the right to vote. And at some later date the vote was given to women... which was smart? __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

01-12-2011, 03:19 AM	#2311 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On that very same day, the U.S. Congress established the Rocky Mountain National Park... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

01-13-2011, 03:26 AM	#2312 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On January 13, 1854, Anthony Faas of Philadelphia, PA, patented the accordion.. __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

01-13-2011, 06:32 AM	#2313 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	Also on Jan. 13, 1990, Douglas Wilder of Virginia became the nation's first elected black governor as he took the oath of office in Richmond __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

01-14-2011, 03:00 AM	#2314 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	On Jan. 14, 1943, President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill opened a wartime conference in Casablanca. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

01-14-2011, 03:13 AM	#2315 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On that same date in 1943, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first U.S. President to fly in an airplane while in office. He flew from Miami, FL, to French Morocco where he met with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to discuss World War II (see above...) __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.